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The Most Underrated Leadership Tool

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | February 28, 2024 |

In the realm of leadership, there’s a powerful yet underrated tool that often goes overlooked: the breath. Recently, while listening to a podcast featuring Jennifer Garvey Berger, she made a profound statement: “Breath is the most underrated leadership tool in the world.” This struck a chord with me because it’s true – the breath serves…

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What Would It Take To Ask For Help?

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | January 19, 2023 |
For this article by Jo Ilfeld, Executive Leadership Coach on asking for help, the image shows a woman in a lake with a sign saying Help

How do you feel about asking for help? “It takes a village to run your life,” my Mom used to joke. To be honest, this made me feel a little awkward and uncomfortable, as though there was something wrong with me that I needed help, whether it was an au-pair to help with my kids…

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Keeping Self-Care Alive

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | July 13, 2022 |
For this article by Jo Ilfeld, Executive Leadership Coach on self-care, the image shows a woman sitting by a window with a warm cup of tea or coffee in her hands.

How do you make time for self-care when your to-do list overflowing? I don’t have any wisdom to offer you on how to manage your to-do lists but I do have one thing to share that I believe is very important in times of increased stress and overwhelm. It’s okay to cut back on your…

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Work Relationships: Being Proactive

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | June 30, 2022 |
For this article by Jo Ilfeld, Executive Leadership Coach on work relationships, the image shows a woman sitting at a desk with her head in her hands.

Work relationships are something that as a leader or team member you always need to be working on. Recently, I was talking with a client who described a problem he had with one team member because he would never know how upset she was until she would lose it. We talked about how he can…

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How Big Is Your Plate?

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | December 22, 2021 |
Jo Ilfeld | Executive Leadership Coach | How big is your plate

Burnout is common around the holidays but I think it is so much pronounced this year due to the pandemic. I originally shared this video with my newsletter subscribers but I wanted to share it here, too. We all know the saying, “my plate is overflowing”, which we use to describe how overwhelmed we feel…

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